Syntax

ebsd = erode(ebsd,0)

ebsd = erode(ebsd,2,'titanium')

ebsd = erode(ebsd,1,{'a' 'b' 'notIndexed'})

Input

`ebsd`	`EBSD`
`counts`	`upper threshold of same phase pixels around each pixel to permit erosion`
`phase`	`phase name, cell or string`

Output

ebsd EBSD without the eroded pixels

Example

mtexdata small
plot(ebsd); hold on
plot(ebsd('n'),'FaceColor','k'); hold off;
mtexTitle('original');  nextAxis

ebsd = EBSD (y↓→x)
 
 Phase  Orientations     Mineral         Color  Symmetry  Crystal reference frame
     0    1197 (32%)  notIndexed          none                                   
     1    1952 (52%)  Forsterite  LightSkyBlue       mmm                         
     2    290 (7.8%)   Enstatite  DarkSeaGreen       mmm                         
     3    282 (7.6%)    Diopside     Goldenrod     12/m1        X||a*, Y||b, Z||c
 
 Properties: bands, bc, bs, error, mad, oldId
 Scan unit : um
 X x Y x Z : [33000 → 36000] x [4500 → 7500] x [0 → 0]
 Normal vector: (0,0,1)

erode isolated, nonIndexed points

ebsd = erode(ebsd,0);
plot(ebsd); hold on
plot(ebsd('n'),'FaceColor','k'); hold off;
mtexTitle('no single nonIndexed pixels');  nextAxis

erode isolated, nonIndexed points

for i=1:10
ebsd = erode(ebsd,1,{'n' 'D' 'E'});
end

plot(ebsd); hold on
plot(ebsd('n'),'FaceColor','k'); hold off;
mtexTitle('no n,D,E \(\le\) 1 neighbors, 10 iter'); nextAxis

erode isolated, nonIndexed points

for i=1:10
ebsd = erode(ebsd,2,{'n' 'D' 'E','F'});
ebsd = ebsd.fill;
end

plot(ebsd); hold on
plot(ebsd('n'),'FaceColor','k'); hold off;
mtexTitle('no n,D,E \(\le\) 2 neighbors, filled,10 iter');

Citing this page. This page is part of the documentation of MTEX, a free and open source MATLAB toolbox for analyzing and modeling crystallographic textures. It was written by The MTEX Developers and is published at https://mtex-toolbox.github.io/erode.html. If you use MTEX, or reuse text or figures from this page, in your research, please cite

F. Bachmann, R. Hielscher, H. Schaeben: Texture Analysis with MTEX - Free and Open Source Software Toolbox, Solid State Phenomena 160 (2010), 63-68. 10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.160.63

BibTeX

@article{bachmann2010mtex,
  author  = {F. Bachmann and R. Hielscher and H. Schaeben},
  title   = {Texture Analysis with MTEX - Free and Open Source Software Toolbox},
  journal = {Solid State Phenomena},
  volume  = {160},
  pages   = {63-68},
  year    = {2010},
  doi     = {10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.160.63},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.160.63}
}

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